“President Trump was in favor of Brexit and thinks it was a wise decision taken by the British people,” he told the Daily Express. “I am a U.S. citizen and could therefore not vote but I did support the Leave campaign intellectually and spiritually.”

U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May is set to meet with Trump on Friday. While she has promised to follow through with a so-called hard Brexit, she has insisted she doesn’t want the EU to dissolve.